Note: this is a spoiler-free review of the six-part miniseries The Night Manager, which will premiere on AMC on Tuesday, April 19 at 10pm ET/PT, following its airing in the UK earlier this year.
It's been 25 years since a John le Carré novel was adapted for television rather than film (1991's A Murder of Quality). It's a little surprising given how difficult it is to compress these dense tales of espionage and Cold War-era spycraft into a two-hour film. But this being the golden age of television and all, the time has never been better to end the le Carré drought. The Night Manager certainly helps make up for lost time as it weaves a gorgeous, suspenseful tale of an unlikely spy trying to bring down the so-called "world's most dangerous man."
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It's been 25 years since a John le Carré novel was adapted for television rather than film (1991's A Murder of Quality). It's a little surprising given how difficult it is to compress these dense tales of espionage and Cold War-era spycraft into a two-hour film. But this being the golden age of television and all, the time has never been better to end the le Carré drought. The Night Manager certainly helps make up for lost time as it weaves a gorgeous, suspenseful tale of an unlikely spy trying to bring down the so-called "world's most dangerous man."
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